אִגְּרָא ʼiggᵉrâʼ

Meaning

an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)

In the King James Version: letter.

Derivation: (Aramaic) of Persian origin;

Where it is used

• Ezra 4:8 Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
• Ezra 4:11 (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
• Ezra 5:6 This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.